This book is the rare contemporary moral problems anthology that privileges depth over breadth. Containing readings on moral theory and practice from a collection of today's most important thinkers and drawing on philosophical and religious perspectives, it offers important, divergent viewpoints on some of today's most hotly contested issues. An introductory chapter on moral theory lays the foundation for subsequent in-depth explorations of sexual ethics, abortion, the conduct of war, euthanasia and suicide, environmental ethics, capital punishment, and human cloning.

23. Moral Judgments in Time of War, Michael Walzer. 24. Threats, Values and Defense: Does the Defense of Values by Force Remain a Moral Possibility? James Turner Johnson. 25. The Tradition and the Real World, John Howard Yoder. 26. Selections on Non-Violence, Martin Luther King, Jr. 27. New Testament Reflections on Peace and Nuclear Arms, Sandra M. Schneiders. 28. Reflections on War and Political Discourse: Realism, Just War, and Feminism in a Nuclear Age, Jean Bethge Elshtain. 29. Pacifism: A Philosophical Analysis, Jan Narveson.

37. What Do Murderers Deserve? The Death Penalty in Civilized Societies, David Gelertner. 38. Deterrence and the Death Penalty, Ernest Van den Haag. 39. Christian Ethics and Capital Punishment: A Reflection, Alexander Williams, Jr. 40. Is the Death Penalty Irrevocable? Michael Davis. 41. Instrument of Justice or Tool of Vengance? Matthew L. Stephens. 42. In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases, Michael Radelet, Hugo Bedau, Constance Putnam. 43. The Death Penalty as a Symbolic Issue, Stephen Nathanson.

Part VII: ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS.

44. Can and Ought We to Follow Nature? Holmes Rolston, III. 45. The Land Ethic, Aldo Leopold. 46. The Ethics of Respect for Nature, Paul W. Taylor. 47. The Planetary Environment: Challenge on Every Front, Larry Rasmussen. 48. People or Penguins, William F. Baxter. 49. The Refutation of Environmental Ethics, Janna Thompson. 50. A Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor, Garrett Hardin.

This book is the rare contemporary moral problems anthology that privileges depth over breadth. Containing readings on moral theory and practice from a collection of today's most important thinkers and drawing on philosophical and religious perspectives, it offers important, divergent viewpoints on some of today's most hotly contested issues. An introductory chapter on moral theory lays the foundation for subsequent in-depth explorations of sexual ethics, abortion, the conduct of war, euthanasia and suicide, environmental ethics, capital punishment, and human cloning.

23. Moral Judgments in Time of War, Michael Walzer. 24. Threats, Values and Defense: Does the Defense of Values by Force Remain a Moral Possibility? James Turner Johnson. 25. The Tradition and the Real World, John Howard Yoder. 26. Selections on Non-Violence, Martin Luther King, Jr. 27. New Testament Reflections on Peace and Nuclear Arms, Sandra M. Schneiders. 28. Reflections on War and Political Discourse: Realism, Just War, and Feminism in a Nuclear Age, Jean Bethge Elshtain. 29. Pacifism: A Philosophical Analysis, Jan Narveson.

37. What Do Murderers Deserve? The Death Penalty in Civilized Societies, David Gelertner. 38. Deterrence and the Death Penalty, Ernest Van den Haag. 39. Christian Ethics and Capital Punishment: A Reflection, Alexander Williams, Jr. 40. Is the Death Penalty Irrevocable? Michael Davis. 41. Instrument of Justice or Tool of Vengance? Matthew L. Stephens. 42. In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases, Michael Radelet, Hugo Bedau, Constance Putnam. 43. The Death Penalty as a Symbolic Issue, Stephen Nathanson.

Part VII: ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS.

44. Can and Ought We to Follow Nature? Holmes Rolston, III. 45. The Land Ethic, Aldo Leopold. 46. The Ethics of Respect for Nature, Paul W. Taylor. 47. The Planetary Environment: Challenge on Every Front, Larry Rasmussen. 48. People or Penguins, William F. Baxter. 49. The Refutation of Environmental Ethics, Janna Thompson. 50. A Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor, Garrett Hardin.